Tire.



S, LIOLIOS.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.23. 1915.

Patented July 4, 1916.

STEPHANOS LIOLIOS, F CHARLESTON, MISSOURI,

TIRE.

Specification of Letters lfatent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed September 23, 1915. Serial No. 51206.

' T o allwhom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Srcrnanos Lromos, a.

citizen 'o'f the United States, residing at Charieston, in the county of Mississippi and State of Missouri-,- have invented .certain new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which the following .is a specification;

This invention relates to resilient tires composed of an outer-casing and an inner air tube, and its object is to provide a reinforcement and a. protecting device for the outer casing. whereby the same is given greater wearing qualities.

The object stated-is attained by a structure to be hereinafter described in detail, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which i Figure 1 is aside elevation of a frag ment of tire showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is aplan view of a fragment of the tire and the protecting device.

" Referring specifically to the drawing, 5

denotes the outer casing of an ordinary pneumatic tire ,-constructed=jand arranged in the usual manner,-and as the same is no part of the present invention, a further description is not-deemed necessary. The inner tube is shown at 6.

The protecting and reinforcing device for the casing 5 is a cover 7 fitting over the outside thereof and clamped thereto by inner and outer rings 8 and 9, respectively, sc cured by bolts 10 provided with nuts ll.

The cover may be, and preferably is, an outer tire casing, the same as the casing 57,

with the clenchcr flanges at the base removed. The cover therefor extends entirely around the casing 5 and completely covers the sides and the tread thcrcofl The rings 8 and 9 are opposite each other the rings 3 being inside the casing 5 adjacent tn the clenchcr flanges, 12 thereof, and the rings 5) being on the outside of the cover adjacent to the edges thereof. The bolts Hi pass ti'irmig'h the rings and; also through the was ing and the cover, and the "nuts ll are screwed against the outer surface of llu: rings 9.

The rings 8 and 9 are rcsilicnt and at the places where the bolts h! pass therethrougli, they are bowed outward, so that wh n the nuts ll are tightened up, the portions of the rings between the bolts in contact with the casing 5 and the cover 7 are drawntogether to grip said'casing and cover, therebyseeurely clamping said parts together and preventing the cover from slipping on the casing. i

'- The rings are not continuous, but are divided so that they may beexpanded or contracted to suit different sized tires. The ends of the rings overlap and are adjustably secured by nuts 13 screwed on bolts 14 passing through registering slots 15 in the overlapping ends of the rings.

In order to obtain a better hold on the cover 7, the outer rings 9 are provided with inwardly extending prongs ldwhich are embedded in the cover when said rings are clamped thereagainst, as hereinbefore do scribed;

I elaim:'

1. The combination with the outer casing of a pneumatic tire; of acover on the outside thereof extending entirely around the same and completely covering the sidesand the. tread thereof, opposite 'inner'and outer clamping rings for securing thecover to the casing, the inner clamping rings being in I side the casing adjacent to'the base thereof, and the outer clamping rings being on the outside of the cover adjacent to its edges, prongs on the inner faces of the outer rings adapted to embed in the cover and means for drawing said rings together.

2. The combination with the outer casing of a pneumatic tire; of a cover on theout side thereof extending entirely around the same andcomplctely covering the sides and the tread thereof, opposite inner and outer clamping rings for securing the cover to the;

casing, the inner clamping rings being inside the casing adjacent. to the base thereof, and

the outer clampingringsbeing on the out-' side of the cover adjacent to its edges, and clamping means passing through the rings and the parts therebctu'cen, the rings bring resilient and the portions of the outer rings through which the. clmiping means pass living bout-d nlu'ar'il from the cover.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature in giri-si-nco of two witnesses.

S'IEPHA'NOS LIOLIOS. 

